By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
While Barcelona and Baskonia had an easy Sunday, Real Madrid had to fight in order to get the overtime 96-92 win over Andorra.
Sergio Llull with 23 points – 10 of them in the extra five minutes – and 11 assists was the star of the night, but you can argue that Andorra stole the show. Despite being down by 7 points with 51 seconds left in overtime, they manage to cut the lead to two (94-92) and put the pressure on the hosts until the last second.
The guests were leading 44-33 at half time behind 14 points by David Jelinek and trailed just by one (72-71) with three minutes left. Madrid got a 79-73 advantage behind five points by Rudy Fernandez who had 15 in total, still Andorra’s answer was a 6-0 run which was completed with a shot by French guard Andrew Albicy (14 p. 10 as.) and forced overtime.
Jelinek finished the game with 22 points, Georgi Shermandini had an amazing double double (21 p. 14 r.) and Thanasis Antetokounmpo, older brother of Giannis, had an amazing block on Gustavo Ayon. After this win Real Madrid and Barcelona share the top of the standings with a 12-3 record, while Valencia (11-4), Iberostar Tenerife (11-4) and Baskonia (10-5) are chasing them.
ACB 2016-17 – Day 16
Bilbao Basket (7-8) – Gran Canaria (10-6) 68-82 (Mumbru 19)
Barcelona (12-3) – Obradoiro (4-11) 100-76 (Navarro 18)
Estudiantes (5-10) – Zaragoza (5-10) 94-78 (Jackson 26)
Murcia (5-10) – Valencia (11-4) 75-78 (Campazzo 20)
Fuenlabrada (6-9) – Baskonia (10-5) 69-77 (Hanga 21)
Real Betis (7-8) – Unicaja (9-6) 76-68 (Lockett 14)
Real Madrid (12-3) – Andorra (8-7) 96-92 (Llull 23 p.)
Manresa (2-13) – Iberostar Tenerife (11-4) 74-79 (Doornekamp 15 p.)